Ethan Griffiths

New Zealand Herald

National's Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Coral Raukawa sidesteps questions on Govt's Māori policies

By: Ethan Griffiths

National's newest Māori candidate won't say whether she agrees with the Government's policies affecting Māori.

NewstalkZB

National’s Te Tai Hauāuru candidate sidesteps questions on Government’s Maori policies

By: Ethan Griffiths

National’s newest Māori candidate won’t say whether she agrees with the Government’s policies affecting Māori. But Coral Raukawa did question the Governmen

New Zealand Herald

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says drunken man ‘took a swing' at him at National Party fundraiser

By: David Fisher, Ethan Griffiths

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says a drunken man “took a swing” at him while attending a fundraising dinner for National's Auckland Central candidate last month.

New Zealand Herald

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown accused of ‘nuisance' behaviour at fundraiser

By: Barry Soper, Ethan Griffiths

The man at the centre of an altercation with Auckland mayor Wayne Brown at a National Party fundraiser claims Brown was “making a nuisance of himself” - and a glass was broken when he questioned him about his behaviour.

New Zealand Herald

'Sexist d***head': Politicians roast Stuart Nash for maternity leave remarks

By: Ethan Griffiths, Jack Riddell

Even NZ First's Casey Costello says Nash's comments were inappropriate.

New Zealand Herald

Super bill for older migrants tops $1 billion a year, doubles in a decade

By: Ethan Griffiths

The annual superannuation bill for older migrants has hit a billion dollars – five years after Parliament tightened eligibility.

New Zealand Herald

Corrections Minister halts $9m ‘massage programme' for prisoners

By: Ethan Griffiths

The Corrections Minister has halted a $9 million plan to provide rongoā Māori healthcare in prisons, including giving prisoners traditional massages, after questions were asked about the programme.

New Zealand Herald

‘I think it was an error' – National MP says there is ‘zero' logic behind Budget tax change

By: Ethan Griffiths

A National MP has broken party ranks to criticise a tax change included in this year's Budget, saying a measure to cap the amount of money people can donate while being eligible for tax credits had “zero” logic behind it.

NewstalkZB

Green MP stands by comments linking climate change threat to Holocaust

By: Ethan Griffiths

The Holocaust Centre’s called on Green MP Steve Abel to apologise, after he claimed potential deaths due to climate change will far exceed the Nazi’s war c

New Zealand Herald

'Tens of millions': Abel says climate deaths could dwarf Holocaust toll

By: Ethan Griffiths

The Green MP has rejected claims his speech in Parliament diminished the Holocaust.